Re: Ruined boot sector on X20/W2K

2001-01-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Richard B. Johnson] > Then, simply: > cp /boot/boot.0800 /dev/whatever Ah, but that reverts the partition table, which may have been changed since first installing lilo. To avoid this, just type 'lilo -U', which does much the same thing but without touching the partition table. Peter -

Re: Ruined boot sector on X20/W2K

2001-01-30 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, I Lee Hetherington wrote: > If Mandrake used LILO to install, there very well might be a backup in > /boot/boot.0800 or something like that. You might want to consult the > LILO documentation and/or a net search to see if they say how to restore > this (probably using dd).

Re: Ruined boot sector on X20/W2K

2001-01-30 Thread I Lee Hetherington
If Mandrake used LILO to install, there very well might be a backup in /boot/boot.0800 or something like that. You might want to consult the LILO documentation and/or a net search to see if they say how to restore this (probably using dd). If you have real W2K media, it has boot floppies and a

Re: Ruined boot sector on X20/W2K

2001-01-30 Thread I Lee Hetherington
If Mandrake used LILO to install, there very well might be a backup in /boot/boot.0800 or something like that. You might want to consult the LILO documentation and/or a net search to see if they say how to restore this (probably using dd). If you have real W2K media, it has boot floppies and a

Re: Ruined boot sector on X20/W2K

2001-01-30 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, I Lee Hetherington wrote: If Mandrake used LILO to install, there very well might be a backup in /boot/boot.0800 or something like that. You might want to consult the LILO documentation and/or a net search to see if they say how to restore this (probably using dd).

Re: Ruined boot sector on X20/W2K

2001-01-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Richard B. Johnson] Then, simply: cp /boot/boot.0800 /dev/whatever Ah, but that reverts the partition table, which may have been changed since first installing lilo. To avoid this, just type 'lilo -U', which does much the same thing but without touching the partition table. Peter -